The Woden Arts Program invites applications for creative endeavours designed to activate a space in Woden. Open now until the end of the April, artists working in any discipline can submit proposals for individual or group activities that include a strong community engagement component. Individuals can apply for up to $5,000. Groups can apply for $10, 000. Multi-artform proposals are encouraged.
Projects funded in 2024 include Daydream Procession with artist Tom Buckland and Julia Higgs, Words on the Wind with artist Lynn Petersen, Plein Air Drawing with John Hart, and Curtin Open Studio Sessions with Sophie Edwards.
The Daydream Procession drop-in workshops brought together people who met in Eddison Park over a series of weekend workshops. Taking inspiration from their parkland setting, participants created large-scale puppet armatures with cardboard and paper-mache, had fun decorating them, then became puppeteers in public performances.
Scores of community members and school students came together for Words on the Wind, a project with artist Lynn Petersen. Participants celebrating their favourite literary quote by creating Australian author inspired pennants, banners and flags that were displayed near Tree of Knowledge, the public artwork at Garran shops.
Singer songwriter Sophie Edwards created an original song using sound samples collected from public spaces around Curtin. She also opened her studio and invited interested members of the public for a peek into her working process and the production involved in creating an original recording.
Time Frame
Program opens on 20 January 2025
Applications close at midnight on Wednesday 30 April 2025
Successful recipients will be notified by 12 May 2025
Image Credits:
- Tom Buckland and Jullia Higgs, Daydream Procession at Farrer Park, 2024 Woden Activation
- John Hart Plein, Air painting at Chifley, 2024 Woden Activation
- Lynn Peterson, Words on the Wind installation at Garran Shopping Centre, 2024 Woden Activation
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